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Tenet Group to distribute Metro Bank mortages

Metro Bank is partnering with Tenet Group, allowing Metro Bank mortgages to be available...

Ex-Tuita new business head joins Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has appointed Andy Jacovou as new business consultant. He will be working for...

Brokers unhappy with solicitors’ response times

Consistency of acceptance criteria and better legal response times are the main findings of...

miLoan registers 5,000 brokers

Y3S has reported a landmark in the history of its sourcing system miloanbroker.com following...

Significant rise in bridging lending

For the quarter which ended 31 December 2012, the ASTL has reported a 23%...

Bridgebank Capital bolsters underwriting department

Bridgebank Capital has made a new senior appointment in its Underwriting department. Stephen Rowland...

Bridgebank appoints company accountant

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Lesley Gibbons in a new senior management role of company...

Niche FS completes million-pound Dragonfly bridge in 72 hours

Niche Financial Solutions has completed a £1 million bridging loan through Dragonfly in less...

Valuation issues trouble bridging brokers

43% of brokers surveyed by United Trust Bank’s said that the most common reason...

Dragonfly Property Finance passes lending milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported that it passed £500 million of lending since launch,...

Shawbrook Bank launches its lowest ever bridging rates

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of product changes to its short term loan...

Alternative finance growth outstrips traditional lending

Growth in traditional mortgage lending (1.4%) was outpaced 50 times by annual growth in...

AToM to hold specialist lending seminars

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has announced the first dates of a series...

New hire for Bridgebank

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Kay Williams as legal case manager. Her role...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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